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yb> ^y pretty Ditter-sweet, 
I rty scarlet berries clear, 

Wbat a joyful sial}t to areet 
Y our smilina faces \)ere, 

Witb your l^earts of crimson, wicl( 
ypen for tl^e obf'istmas-iicle. 



brlowin^ ever warm and briabt 
olbove toe frozen snow, 

y synnbol fair of love and liobt 
Wl^ere life is cold below, 

(^o bid tbe lonci-closed beart, be wid( 
0pen for tl^e 6bristmas-tide. 



(^o all wr)o would your name entreat, 

You teacl^ a lessen, too, 
(^}\)a\ bitter minales witl^ tbe sweet 

yf life, — tbe wi}ole way t^rougb — 
c)nd wake tl^eir b^Of'ts m wisdom, wide 

open for tbe obnistmas-tide, 



C)o that, my Ditter-sweet, is wqv 

9 bless your nlad return. 
Decause you raise my tbougl^ts on \)\o\), 

(^)\)e truths of life to learn. 
Ond beep my peart in welcome, wide 

ypen for tl^e ob^istmas-tide. 

Annie C". IMcCJiee? 



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